Embanked Aqueduct carrying Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal over Afon Crawnon, Llangynidr, Powys

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.87 / 51°52'11"N

Longitude: -3.2439 / 3°14'38"W

OS Eastings: 314450

OS Northings: 219774

OS Grid: SO144197

Mapcode National: GBR YW.S7ZM

Mapcode Global: VH6CF.Q8DB

Plus Code: 9C3RVQ94+XC

Entry Name: Embanked Aqueduct carrying Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal over Afon Crawnon

Listing Date: 28 August 1998

Last Amended: 28 August 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 20371

Building Class: Transport

ID on this website: 300020371

Location: Canal aqueduct over Afon Crawnon approximately 200m SW of Coach and Horses public house.

County: Powys

Community: Llangynidr

Locality: Cwm Crawnon

Built-Up Area: Llangynidr

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

Tagged with: Aqueduct

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History

The Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal was promoted in 1792 to connect the upper Usk valley with the Monmouthshire Canal at Pontymoile and from there to the sea at Newport. The first section, between Gilwern and Talybont and including Llangynidr, was cut between 1797 and 1799, with the upper section between Talybont and Brecon opened in 1800, both sections engineered by Thomas Dadford. The lower section between Gilwern and Pontymoile was completed in 1812 and was engineered by William Crosley. The canal was sold to the Monmouthshire Canal Company in 1865, which was later incorporated into the Great Western Railway. The last toll was taken on the canal at Llangynidr in 1933. Restoration of the canal, renamed the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, began in 1964 and is ongoing.

Exterior

Aqueduct of rubble sandstone with single round arch and abutments which are splayed outwards at either end. On the towpath (N) side is plain stone parapet. On the S side an outflow from canal is inserted above the arch.

Reasons for Listing

An important surviving example of late C18 canal engineering.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Lock No 65
Situated midway between the Embanked Aqueduct over the Afon Crawnon and Bridge No 134.
II Limekiln at Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal Sanitary Station
On E side of Bridge 134 and on N side of canal.
II Coombes Lock Bridge (Canal Bridge No 134)
Road bridge leading to Dyffryn Crawnon on S side of B4558 in Cwm Crawnon.
II Lower Lock Bridge (Canal Bridge No 132), including Lock No 64
Situated on the S side of Coed-yr-Ynys road in Cwm Crawnon.
II Lock No 66
To the west of Cwm Crawnon; the lower of a group of three locks.
II Lock No 67
To the west of Cwm Crawnon, the middle one of a group of three locks.
II Lock No 68
To the west of Cwm Crawnon; the upper of a group of three locks.
II Tofs Lock Bridge (Canal Bridge No 135)
On S side of B4558 and accessible only by towpath.

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History in Structure

Embanked Aqueduct carrying Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal over Afon Crawnon

A Grade II Listed Building in Llangynidr, Powys